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The Present Position
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Possible Scope of Enquiry
Establish and where necessary interpret statistical data to whom, overall and individual trends. trends.
how much,
Establish nature of our commitments to provide budgetary aid to these countries.
Define our present policy on budgetary aid, describe how we are trying to implement it, and extent to which we are achieving our objectives.
4. Describe our present financial control, accounting and audit procedures.
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Describe our main difficulties and problems.
Assess likely future trend of budgetary aid in each country concerned, assuming we continue on same lines of approach as at present.
Discussion and Review
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Advantages and disadvantages of budgetary aid (a) to us, (b) to recipients.
Inter-relationship between budgetary aid and development aid.
Special considerations applying to depondent territories.
Special considerations applying to independent countries - how best to reconcile proper financial control with local independence.
Economic and political implications of stopping or arbitrarily reducing budgetary aid.
What standards should we support through budgetary aid; absolute or changing?
and are these
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Alternatives, if any, to budgetary aid.
How can budgetary aid be reduced other than by arbitary methods?
Possible changes in our administration and control of budgetary aid.
16. Our attitude to the recurrent implications of other donors' aid.
III. Conclusions and Recommendations
17. Conclusions and recommendations on
(a) future general policy;
(b) the practical application of this policy.
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